Cerebral venous thrombosis as presenting sign of myeloproliferative disorders.
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Cerebral venous thrombosis as presenting sign of myeloproliferative disorders.
Two patients with cerebral venous thrombosis are described. In both patients laboratory findings suggested an underlying haematological disorder and bone marrow biopsy showed a myeloproliferative disorder. Both chronic cerebral venous thrombosis and early myeloproliferative disorders are difficult to diagnose. Their combined occurrence may be less rare than is frequently supposed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.51.9.1219